After the events of September 11, 2001, the Red Cross
quickly organized a national campaign to solicit donations
for their human blood banks. It made me wonder if the Red
Cross is now obsessed with filling blood banks just as the
public health departments are now obsessed with pushing
vaccines. Think about it. Many restaurants in our area do
not comply with basic public health sanitation practices.
And yet the health department appears more interested in
Hepatitis A vaccine compliance among employees even though
adherence to basic protocols of hygiene and sanitation have
proven to be more effective in preventing the spread of
Hepatitis A, than the vaccine. Wasn't the original intent
of the Red Cross to assist the victims of natural and
man-made disasters? In these times of disease-scare, it is
more important than ever to understand how our bodies work
in both sickness and in health and be empowered with the
simple, inexpensive remedies that nature provides us.

by Ingri Cassel

It could be said that the secret of all life on earth
depends on a special process that only the green plants
possess. This process is called photosynthesis. All green
plants absorb energy from the sun, take water and minerals
through their roots and air through through leaves en route
to maturity. Using the energy from the sun, plants utilize
water, minerals and carbon dioxide to make starches, fats,
proteins, vitamins and everything they require to grow.

It was little more than a century ago that chemists
isolated a green pigment from the green leaves of plants
that they called chlorophyll. It wasn't until 1913 that a
German chemist, Dr. Richard Willstatter, correctly
identified the true function of chlorophyll. Dr.
Willstatter pointed out that all energy comes from the sun
and that green plants alone possess the secret of how to
capture this solar energy. Out of this process stems much
of what we know as life and growth. Man and animals
consume this energy from plants as food. Dr. Willstatter's
discoveries revolutionized the scientific world's
understanding of the relationship between the sun and life
on earth, but something even more amazing has since been
discovered:

The chlorophyll molecule bears a striking resemblance to
hemoglobin, the red pigment in human blood. The red blood
pigment is a web of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen
atoms grouped around a single atom of iron. Nature's green
pigment is a similar web of the same atoms, except that
its centerpiece is a single atom of magnesium.

This discovery was a challenge for scientists to find out
if chlorophyll, so closely related to our human blood, had
any possible medical uses.

Emile Burgi, a research scientist from Switzerland,
experimented with the application of chlorophyll
medicinally and found that it was helpful in improving
various anemic conditions, improving the action of the
heart, reducing abnormally high blood pressure and
improving one's overall health.

Since the discovery of chlorophyll's healing properties,
many other therapeutic applications of this green
substance have been tried successfully. My experiences
with the chlorophyll derived from young alfalfa plants is
with Bernard Jensen's products, sold in health food
stores in pint glass jars. I have used it primarily for
supplementation while pregnant and nursing.

I had also heard that liquid chlorophyll, taken orally,
can be used as an alternative to blood transfusions. When
I was living in Washington state, a friend referred a
family to me that was in a panic over their son being
scheduled for a blood transfusion the following day. The
boy had been in the hospital with leukemia and had already
undergone chemotherapy and radiation treatments. I told
them to purchase a pint of chlorophyll from the health
food store and have him drink the entire bottle before he
fell asleep that night.

In the morning, when the nurses checked his blood, they
were amazed that his blood count and platelet levels were
normal.

The following year I received another call from a friend
who was in the hospital. The health professionals at the
hospital had told her that she would need a blood
transfusion the following day. She did not want a blood
transfusion and was willing to do anything to avoid one. I
told her the same thing - drink a full pint of chlorophyll
before retiring and she would not need one.

Again, the nurses were amazed that her blood was normal in
the morning and had to cancel the blood transfusion.

Although I have heard of direct blood transfusions using
chlorophyll, I have no personal experience or
documentation of this being done. In Bernard Jensen's
book, The Healing Power of Chlorophyll, he claims
there have been numerous experiments with chlorophyll on
rats. In one such experiment, the blood was extracted from
a rat and replaced with liquid chlorophyll. The rat went
right on living.

Following is a list of disease conditions that have either
improved or cleared up entirely by using liquid
chlorophyll in conjunction with a living foods diet:

Hepatitis and other liver diseases

All forms of anemia

Asthma and hayfever

Pyorrhea

Varicose veins

Hemorrhoids

Ulcers - internal and external

High and Low blood sugar

Offensive body odors

Sore throat

Actually chlorophyll will assist in correcting any
imbalance in the body due in part to its high
bio-available iron content. This allows the body to
utilize more oxygen, aiding in the removal of accumulated
toxins. We also know that the internal use of chlorophyll
strengthens the cells and inhibits bacterial growth.

In Dr. Theodore M. Rudolph's book, Chlorophyll:
Nature's Green Magic, step by step instructions are
given on how to use chlorophyll in various situations.

For diseases of the throat like tonsillitis and
laryngitis, he suggests gargling with a solution of one
part chlorophyll to nine parts warm water every two to
three hours. He recommends that one NOT swallow this
solution due to the germs and bacteria it may contain.

In cases of gastric or peptic ulcers, and other cases of
gastritis, the use of chlorophyll can provide fairly
immediate relief. The suggested dosage is one tablespoon
of chlorophyll in a half glass of water taken every two
hours.

Liquid chlorophyll is also appropriate for diseases of the
female organs. A solution of one part chlorophyll to nine
parts water is very soothing applied as a douche.

And from Bernard Jensen's book, The Healing Power of
Chlorophyll, we are told that chlorophyll and green
vegetables control the calcium levels in our body. He
suggests that women replenish their calcium by consuming
more green vegetables and supplementing with chlorophyll
since menstrual blood contains up to 40 times more calcium
than our normal blood. He also noted that vitamin K was
originally discovered in alfalfa juice and that
chlorophyll is one of the richest known sources of this
vitamin. [For more info. on vitamin K and the harm from
synthetic vitamin K injections, see the July, 1999 edition
of The Idaho Observer at:
www.proliberty.com/observer.]

As you can see, liquid chlorophyll is an essential item to
have in your home medicine cabinet. The importance of
keeping our bloodstream clean and blood count high is
absolutely vital. Tim O'Shea, D.C. states this point well
in his book, The Sanctity of Human Blood: Vaccination
is Not Immunization:

The condition of a child's blood determines the
quality of an immune system that has to last a lifetime.
The blood is the medium in which all the cells of the body
are bathed, from birth till death. The amounts of oxygen
and nutrients in the blood promote life, determine
longevity. Anything foreign -- chemicals, bad bacteria and
viruses, toxic foods, unproven injectables -- promotes
death. It's that simple.

And also from this same book: By allowing the
implantation of an attenuated virus or bacteria into the
body, we have done something nature would never permit. We
have violated the sanctity of the bloodstream.

As we are being bombarded with the threat of bioterrorism,
the stockpiling of smallpox vaccine and the creation of an
AIDS vaccine, we are also being told how important it is
to give the gift of life, BLOOD. Is it possible to
actually get healthier after receiving a blood
transfusion? Below are just a few of the most obvious
physical reasons why I avoid giving or receiving blood or
blood products:

1. Most people have had multiple vaccines and a diet
consisting of processed, devitalized foods. This
contributes to toxicity in the bloodstream and is passed
from person to person through human blood products.

2. There are many pathogens that are blood-borne.

3. Our blood is a unique genetic marker just like our
fingerprints and the irises of our eyes. Many naturopathic
physicians who use a diagnostic tool called live blood
cell analysis, have proven the uniqueness and
individuality of our blood.

Though much more difficult to quantify, the spiritual
repercussions of our bodies being forced to accept another
person's blood, particularly when God has provided us with
a natural alternative to blood transfusions. A few
ministers have even suggested that receiving injections of
another's blood is a form of cannibalism.

Over the last two and a half years we have explored how
common ailments and chronic diseases can be remedied
through the lifestyle changes and the application of
certain principles that naturally follow a wholistic
understanding of how the body really works. Only in a
crisis or trauma situation would the issue of a blood
transfusion arise, the principles of wholistic healing
still apply.

Next month:How to assemble the essential
components of a natural medicine cabinet. As our vitamins
and herbal products become increasingly regulated, it will
become more important then ever to make your own remedies
from the herbs and weeds in your yard.